• To celebrate 1,000 episodes (and 35,892 sound effects), CNBC's resident buffoon, Jim Cramer, rang the opening bell of the NYSE today. [CNBC]
• Sales of romance novels are on the rise, since in times like these, we all just want to indulge in happy endings. Or something along those lines. [NYT]
• Why is the New York Times Co. frantically looking to cut costs at the Boston Globe? For one thing, it's on track to lose $85 million in 2009. [NYO, Portfolio]
• It's hard getting people to pay for newspaper content they now get for free. Let Coke guide you, Arthur Sulzberger Jr.: "Coca-Cola took tap water, filtered it and called it Dasani, and makes millions of dollars a year." [NYT]
• Magazines are blurring the line between editorial and advertising by putting ads on the cover. If they don't, they go bust. Rock, meet hard place. [NYT]

• Tensions are rising at NPR over possible budget cuts. [WSJ]
• The emotive news anchor is back. Again. [NYO]
• Nylon magazine isn't disappearing, after all. [WWD]
• Dan Abrams is on the hot seat again over his shady marketing firm. [BW]
• The relaunch of Life.com appears to be working out nicely for the site's owners, Time Inc. and Getty Images. [NYP]
• You know your magazine is having issues when Mediabistro's FishbowlNY is questioning your editorial judgment. [FBNY]